DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: FRI 07/17 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 09Z 21Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - - Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - - FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 89.0 - - 89.8 - - - Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 205 - - 119 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4645 - - 5588 - - - BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3916 - - 4339 - - - Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5534 - - 6477 - - - BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 3184 - - 2939 - - - Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 414 - - 375 - - - W* B/S - - - - - - 7 - - 5 - - - B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 13 - - - BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 232 - - 244 - - - Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 3 - - 4 - - - Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - -2 - - -4 - - - Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 81 - - 810 - - - CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 5453 - - 5667 - - - sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -918 - - -470 - - - ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6452 - - 6947 - - - blCL maxRH - - - - - - 88 - - 82 - - - maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 1260 - - 1340 - - - CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 89.0 - - 89.8 - - - Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 68.2 - - 68.0 - - - DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 87.8 - - 89.1 - - - Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 67.1 - - 67.0 - - - DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 205 - - 119 - - - Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4645 - - 5588 - - - BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 53 - - 29 - - - EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 14 - - 14 - - - EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99650 34 095 29 088 99650 92122 30 091 24 084 92122 86341 29 097 21 084 86341 81543 25 084 19 082 81543 77387 19 078 15 079 77387 73708 14 093 12 085 73708 70383 17 082 15 089 70383 67334 21 052 16 071 67334 64517 18 019 16 065 64517 61797 12 359 15 022 61797 58997 14 318 20 332 58997 56136 14 285 23 298 56136 53420 19 323 20 302 53420 50974 36 321 36 324 50974 48785 38 302 43 311 48785 46804 32 281 38 292 46804 44991 26 282 34 282 44991 43307 26 305 30 285 43307 41727 31 314 26 292 41727 40241 31 313 19 287 40241 38836 27 311 20 280 38836 37474 22 310 19 272 37474 36086 22 305 16 283 36086 34641 21 291 18 292 34641 33141 20 287 21 292 33141 31573 19 286 20 286 31573 29923 18 279 16 280 29923 28192 14 271 12 285 28192 26379 16 259 12 276 26379 24489 17 247 16 268 24489 22527 15 253 16 264 22527 20489 17 260 18 255 20489 18373 18 254 17 255 18373 16219 17 259 17 257 16219 14142 14 243 17 249 14142 12258 10 237 17 259 12258 10591 9 285 15 275 10591 9110 9 266 14 271 9110 7791 10 238 14 268 7791 6618 11 233 13*259 6618 5575 11*233 13*249 5575 4653 12*233 13 246 4653 3837 12 232 13 244 3837 3105 12 232 13 243 3105 2457 11 231 13 242 2457 1915 11 231 13 241 1915 1499 11 231 12 241 1499 1213 10 231 12 241 1213 1039 10 231 11 240 1039 939 8 230 9 240 939 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography